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SVRTOP The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Riley County in northeastern Kansas... Southwestern Pottawatomie County in northeastern Kansas... * Until 700 PM CDT. * At 609 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Manhattan, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Manhattan, St. George, and Keats. This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 316 and 321. Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from windows.
Where it happened
Pottawatomie, KS; Riley, KS · 39.146°, -96.433°
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- Severe
- urgency
- Immediate
- certainty
- Observed
- event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- areas
- Pottawatomie, KS; Riley, KS
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SVRTOP The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Riley County in northeastern Kansas... Southwestern Pottawatomie County in northeastern Kansas... * Until 700 PM CDT. * At 609 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Manhattan, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Manhattan, St. George, and Keats. This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 316 and 321. Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from windows.